Cotoneaster nitens Rehder & E.H.Wilson

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KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON
Cotoneaster nìtens Rehder & E. H. Wilson
Rosaceae [= coll. # 22847]
Adventive arching shrubs 1.5 m tall, leaves
deciduous, 15-29 x 10-20 mm wide; 10-13
stamens; 1-3 frt/infl; fruit elliptic to
obovoid-elliptic, black, 8-9.5 x 6.5-8 mm w,
sepals ascending; 2 sd/frt; seed 4.7-5.8 x 3-
4.1 mm w; thicket shaded by Arbutus
menziesii, with Prunus avium, Ilex
aquifolium, 100 m from cultivated shrubs;
near 15th Avenue NE, campus of University
of Washington, Seattle; elev. 160 feet; 47°
40' N, 122° 19’ W
Coll. Peter F. Zika 23631 15 Oct 2007
02730917